Current Job Vacancies

Manufacturing Operative

Job Purpose

Working within our manufacturing team you will be cladding and framing our buildings to a high standard of quality where you will have the opportunity to improve your woodworking skills to continue your personal development.

Principle Accountability

• Manufacturing processes to produce garden buildings.
• Operation, maintenance, and daily checks of various power tools and work working machinery.
• Moving products through the manufacturing process.
• Checking specifications of product to the drawings.
• Ensuring quality of product is maintained by quality checking.
• Working and auditing to Crane Operating Procedures produce quality workmanship within the allocated estimated times. Identify improvements and report them to the team leader.
• Report any safety, quality and fault issues
• Follow and enter data into the manufacturing platform.
• Continuously suggest and improve working practices.

Experience & Skills Required

• Experienced in working within a manufacturing environment and woodworking tools including nail guns
  
• Competent in working with measurements and dimensions with a good eye for detail
  
• Ability to follow procedures and instructions accurately
  
• Physically fit to lift heavy materials
  
• Confident in using tablets and other smart devices
  
• Appetite to learn new skills and processes
  

Benefits and Rewards

• Competitive salary with the opportunity of progression
  
• Weekly attendance bonus (upon completion of probationary period)
  
• Death in service benefit
  
• Healthcare insurance scheme
  
• Excellent staff facilities including all refreshments along with breakfast and fruit
  
• Annual holiday entitlement increasing with length of service
  
• Availability to book Crane Holiday Home
  
• Working for an employer that cares about you as a person
  

Please note that any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful applicant undergoing and receiving satisfactory clearance from a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, at the level appropriate for the role, together with the satisfactory completion of any other required pre-employment screening.

Salary: 13.00

Sales Designer - Sevenoaks

As a confident and outgoing person, you will use your consultative and creative expertise to guide customers through the selection and purchase process. Utilising the full training that you will be given you will help clients realise their vision of the ultimate garden building offering a range of bespoke features and colours that best compliments their outdoor space. 

We are looking for people who share a passion for delivering a customer experience and a quality product that exceeds expectation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage and inspire the customer, promoting our products and advising in the selection of the best garden building for their needs
• Produce accurate quotations in line with customer requirements and present terms of agreement and close sales
• Promote the business ensuring all sales opportunities are followed up
• Conduct visits at the customers property to measure and qualify the suitability of products
• Respond to incoming email and phone enquiries from new and existing customers
• Ensure all sales are recorded and order information entered on to the company CRM system
• Represent the company at trade exhibitions, events and shows
• Advise on forthcoming product developments and discuss special promotions where appropriate
• Review your own sales performance, aiming to exceed targets

Required Skills:

• Experience of delivering a face-to-face consultative sales approach
• Sales & Service driven, with a creative and inspiring personality
• Able to discover and overcome objections and close sales
• Highly organised with an eye for detail
• Experience using a CRM system would be an advantage but not essential as full training will be given

Rewards & Benefits:

• Salary £30,200
• Quarterly bonuses up to £8000 per year for achieving target
•  Annual bonus of £2,000 for achieving full year target
• Commission paid on every sale
• 28 days holiday including bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Health Shield payment scheme
• Death in service benefit (twice annual salary)
• Sick pay after qualifying period 
• Onsite parking
• Contributory Pension scheme

Usual working pattern is 40hrs a week on a 2 week rota including alternate weekends

Being fully mobile and having your own vehicle is essential for this role as you will be required to conduct customer visits.

Please note that any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful applicant undergoing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, at the level appropriate for the role.

Salary: £30,200 plus commission & Bonuses

Content & Social Media Executive

We have a vacancy within our marketing team and are looking for a specialist with at least 2 years’ experience in Digital, Content or Social Media management. 

About the Role:

It’s an exciting time to join the Marketing Team at Crane Garden Buildings. We’re bolstering our marketing effort across all channels, including our website, organic and paid social media. We’re a small team with big ambitions, so it’s really important for the new member of the team to be equally passionate about our brand, products, channels, and with skillsets to match.

We are looking for someone who combines creativity with commercial awareness. You should enjoy developing engaging content but also want to understand how that content performs and how it contributes to traffic, enquiries and ultimately sales.

You will be naturally curious about customer behavior, comfortable working with data and prepared to challenge or change marketing activity when the results suggest a different approach is needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate increased business and leads with use of successful SEO and digital PR activities.
• Generate content and copy to advertise the brand to generate enquiries, ensuring it is relevant, accurate, and gives a clear customer message.
• Develop and deliver our SEO approach, with agency support, driving and constantly updating marketing’s content plans.
• Liaise with other members of the marketing/sales team to maintain product knowledge. Ensure the promotion of the right message for customers, considering seasonal content and brand appeal.
• Write a wide variety of website copy, utilising product and brand knowledge, ranging from blog and news articles to more product specific content and landing pages.
• Use customer persona data to target the different customer types, depending on the platform it is being designed for.
• Drive a variety of projects to assist the development and recognition of the Crane brand.
• Work with our Performance Marketer to create and run successful paid social campaigns, and monitor the performance of the website, social media, and SEO to collectively. Produce action plans for increased performance and any remedial actions required.
• Accountable for organic social media postings and platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and TikTok.
• Create content for print materials, including brochures, flyers, and signage.
• Creative input across all areas of marketing, including the ever-evolving development of the website to best suit the customers and deliver quality enquiries.
• Work collaboratively with the photographer/videographer to ensure all imagery used on the website, social platforms and advertisements is of high quality, suits the aesthetic of the website and will appeal to the customer base.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience working within a marketing team
• B2C experience, ideally in the luxury sector 
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Creative eye and strong attention to detail
•  SEO and commercial content writing, proof reading & editing
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and SEO tools (Google analytics, SEMrush)
  
• Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop and Canva
• GCSE English & Math’s at grade 5 or above
• Marketing qualification level 3 or above (preferred but not essential) 

Rewards & Benefits:

• Salary up to £35,000
• Excellent staff facilities with breakfast and fresh fruit provided
  
• 20 days annual holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Medical health shield payment scheme
• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days from home
• Opportunity to use the company holiday home

Please note that any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful applicant undergoing and receiving satisfactory clearance from a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, at the level appropriate for the role, together with the satisfactory completion of any other required pre-employment screening.

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000